: a weak, cowardly, or ineffectual person
Synonyms of wimp
Examples of wimp in a Sentence
just because you can't lift 300 pounds doesn't mean you're a wimp
what kind of wimp would just give in to peer pressure?
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What unites these movements is a shared contempt for the moderate, who is dismissed as cowardly, unprincipled, or insincere: wimps who inexplicably hate winning.
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Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Advertisement Similarly, no one is going to think Mullin is a wimp.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
Eventually Sutton calls Amanda a wimp for not wanting any part of any confrontation, and Amanda tells her not to call her a wimp in her own home.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
The real star of the show is, of course, Battle Cat, the giant green armored tiger whose alias is Cringer, Prince Adam’s wimp of a house cat.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026
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Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Advertisement Similarly, no one is going to think Mullin is a wimp.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
Eventually Sutton calls Amanda a wimp for not wanting any part of any confrontation, and Amanda tells her not to call her a wimp in her own home.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
The real star of the show is, of course, Battle Cat, the giant green armored tiger whose alias is Cringer, Prince Adam’s wimp of a house cat.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for wimp
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“Wimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wimp. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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